Street-car fender.



R. H. POGUE.

STREET CAR FENDER.

APPLICATION FILED JULY H. 1914.

Patented Oct. 5, 1915.

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s'r'r arena oration 1 ROBERT H. POGUE, OF NEW WESTMINSTER, BRITISHCOLUMBIA, CANADA.

smear-0A3 FENDER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Oct. 5, 1915.

Application filed July 11,' 1914. Serial No. 850,479.

' To all whom it may concern:

. der is automatically dropped to the track level on encountering anobstruction on the track. It belongs to that class wherein the releaseof the sustaining mechanism is effected automatically by an actuatmg barprojecting in advance of the front rail of the fender.

The object of the improvement is to simplify the sustaining mechanismand to render its release operative by as light a pressure as possibleon the advance bar, and to so construct it that the fender may bedropped and be restored by the motorneer. The invention is particularlydescribed in the following specification, reference being made to thedrawings by which it is accompanied, in which:

Figure 1 is a side elevation of the fender in its elevated position Fig.2 is a front elevation of the same, the removable vertical guard beingomitted. Fig. 3 is an enlarged detail of the means of suspending thefender. Fig. 4 is an enlarged detail of the means of supporting thefender in the elevated position and for efiecting the release andallowing it to drop to the track. Fig.5

is a side elevation showing the fender upfolded, and Fig. 6 is aperspective view from the back of the removable vertical guard. Fig. 7is a detail-section on the line 7-7 of Fig. 2. Fig. 8 is a detailperspectiveview showing the lever abutment.

In these drawings 2 represents the front end of the car body to theunder frame of which the fender is connected. The fender is composed ofa vertical frame having side members 3 which are connected together byan upper cross rail 4 and lower cross rail '5. To the lower end of eachside member 3 50.

the fenderfthe pivotal connection having a stop joint jS'that willsustain the horizontalframegin position normal tothe yertical frame. Theends of the car rail 1 are partly cut away and are lapped over the sidemembers 3 and secured to the same by screws 3 or other suitablefastenings, as best shown in Fig. 7. g

The side members 3 of the vertical portion of the fender and the rail 7of the horizontal portion may be integral, without departing from theprinciple of the invention,

but they are preferably articulated at 6 that the horizontal portionwill fold up against the vertical portion, as shown in Fig. 5, when thefender is not required, and a slip 9 is pivotally mounted on one of thestop members of the joint that may be moved over the other member of thejoint to fix them in the in use position, and a hook may also beprovided to secure it in the folded or out of use position, as shown inFig. 5.

The fender frame so constructed is suspended by a short link 11, seeFig. 3, from a stud pin 12 on the upper part of a stanchion 13 securedon each side of the under frame of the car and downwardly projectingtherefrom, the length of the link being such as will allow the fender tofall down close to the track level and when upturned, as shown by thefull lines in Fig. 3, the

fender being carried a. suficient distance clear of the track to avoidcontact therewith under all conditions for load and oscillation.

The fender is supported in the upper position with its upper rail 4above the pivot pin- 12 on which it is suspended by the folthe lever 14and limit movement of that ,lever forward'beyond the straight linebetween the cross rail i and the rocking shaft 15. When the centers ofthis link connection are in. the straight line the fender is supportedclear of the track, but when this link connection is broken backward thefender falls to the limit permitted by the links 11 by which it issuspended from the pins 12 of the stanchions 13 secured to theunder-frame of the car body. The bre'aking, of this lever connection maybe effected from the position of the motorneer within the car by atreadle lever 20 pivoted at 21 shaft and its lever 14 to break thesupporting link connection and drop the fender.

To enable the fender to be automatically dropped to the track level byan obstruction which may be on the track, the fender is provided with anadvance rail which is carried on two side rods 31 in advance of thefront rail '7 of the fender proper, and

. the inner ends of these side rods 31 are pinconnected to a link 32 oneach side suspended from the cross rail 4; of the fender. These links 32are in proximity to the fender supporting link connection 14, 17 so thatmovement of them backward, as when the advance rail 30 encounters anobstruction on the track, acts upon a projecting roller headed end 16 ofthe link connecting pin 16 to break the connection by which the fenderis supported clear of the track and allow it to fall.

The fender may be provided with a net of any approved design that willresiliently receive any body which the fender may encounter; or thehorizontally disposed portion of it may have thin metal slats across it,and a similar resilient frame 35 of thin metal slats, see Fig. 6, may beremovably secured to the vertical portion of the fender. This guardframe 35 is secured by a hook 36 which rests upon the lower cross rail 5and the upper part has headed studs 37 which pass into slots 38 in theupper end of each side member 3 of the vertical portion of the fender.Springs 39 are interposed on the studs between the ed es of the slot 38and the frame of 35. These sprin s are designed to absorb and lessen theeffect of the shock of a body striking the guard frame.

After being dropped to the track level, the fender may be readilyrestored to its elevated position clear of the track by the motorneerlifting the treadle lever 20, which movement acts on the rocking shaft15 to restore the link connection 14, 17 to the supporting position.

The fender, owing to the method of suspending and supporting it, and ofeffecting its release, is particularly sensitive to the means adoptedfor effecting the release and falls quickly on encountering anobstruction.

Having now particularly describedmy inters Patent, is:

1. A street car fender, comprising the combination with a vertically anda horizontally disposed fender frame composed of side frames and crossrails, means for connecting the upper part of the fender to the car andfor limiting its fall to the track, means for supporting the fenderframe clear of the track, said means comprising a rocking shaft mountedin bearings secured to the car body below the upper cross rail of thefender, a lever projecting from and in line with the end of the rockingshaft, a link connecting the free end of each lever to the upper part ofthe fender frame. means for limiting the movement of this linkconnection forward beyond a straight line between the rocking shaft andthe connection of the links to the fender and means for breaking thelink connection backward and allowing the fender to fall to the track.

2. A street car fender, comprising the combination with a vertically andhorizontally disposed frame composed of side frames and cross rails,means for connecting the upper part of the fender to the car and forlimiting its fall to the track. means for supporting the fender frameclear of the track, said means comprising a rocking shaft mounted inbearings secured to the car body below the upper cross rail of thefender, a lever secured to each end of this rocking shaft, a linkconnecting the free end of each lever to the upper cross rail of thefender, means for limiting movement of this vention, I hereby declarethat what I claim 'as new and desire to be protected in by Letlinkconnection forward beyond a straight 7 line between the rocking shaftand the connection of the link to the fender, and means coperative witha rail in advance of the front rail of the fender for breaking the linkconnection backward and allowing the fender to fall to the track;

3. A street car fender, comprising the combination with a vertically andhorizon tally disposed fender frame, means for connecting the fender tothe front end of the car, said means comprising stanchions secured tothe under frame of the car and projecting vertically downward from thefront end thereof and carried backward and upward to the car body. linksconnecting the upper part of the fender frame to the upper part of eachstanchion, a rocking shaft mounted in bearings on the stanchions andhaving at each enda lever integral with or secured to it. a'linkconnecting the free end of each rocking shaft lever with the upper partof the fender frame, said link being produced beyond the pin connectionto the lever and carried around the back'of it to limit movement forwardat the joint beyond a straight line between the rocking shaft and thefender frame where the rocking shaft levers are connected, an advancerail supported in front of the front rail of the fender, a rod on eachend of this advance rail, a link supporting the after end of each sidebar from the upper part of the fender frame, the back of each link beingin engagement with the adjacent joint of the rocking shaft lever end,and means operative from within the car for moving the rocking shaftbackward to break the supporting mechanism.

a. A street car fender, comprising the combination with a vertically anda horizontally disposed fender frame hinged to gether to enable thehorizontally disposed frame to fold up against the vertically disposedframe and having a stop joint at the hinge that will sustain thehorizontally disposed portion at right angles to the vertically disposedportion, means for suspending the vertically disposed portion from theunder frame of the car in a manner that will limit its downward movementto the track level and permit it being lifted clear of the track, meansfor supporting the fender frame clear of the track, means cooperativewith a railrin advance of the front rail of the fender for releasing thesupport and permitting the frame to fall, and means for raising andlowering the fender from within the car.

5. A street car fender, comprising the combination with a vertically anda horizontally disposed fender frame, stanchions secured to the carunder frame and downwardly projecting from its front end, linksconnecting the upper part of the fender to the upper part of eachstanchion, a rocking shaft supported in bearings across the lower partof the stanchions, levers secured to or integral with the rocking shaftat each end, links connecting the end of these levers with the upperpart of the fender, the end of each of said links where connected to thelevers being produced beyond the pin connection and carried around toengage the edge of the lever to which it is connected to limit movementof the link connection beyond the straight line between the rockingshaft and the link connection of it to the fender, a link suspended fromthe upper part of the fender adjacent to each rocking lever link, saidlinks engaging the front of the pin connection, said bars beingconnected to the lower ends of these links and endwise movable on thehorizontal portion of the fender and a cross rail connected to the endsof the side bar and supported by them in advance of the front rail ofthe fender.

6. A street car fender, comprising stanchions secured to the car underframe and downwardly projecting from its front end, a verticallydisposed fender frame link-connected to the upper part of each stanchionagainst the lower part of which stanchion the lower cross rail of thefender frame may bear, a horizontally disposed fender framepin-connected to the lower part of the vertically disposed frame with astop-joint that will sustain the horizontally disposed portion at rightangles to the vertically disposed frame, means pivotally connected toone frame for securing it at right angles to the other frame, a rockingshaft having a lever at each end mounted in bearings in the lower partof the stanchions, a link connecting the end of each rocking shaft leverto the upper part of the vertically disposed frame of the fender, saidlink-connection having a stop-joint preventing movement of the leverforward beyond a straight line between the rocking shaft and thelinkconnection to the fender frame, a cross rail supported in advance ofthe front rail of the fender, means for connecting this advance rail tobreak the link-connection backward, and means connected to the rockingshaft for breaking the connection backward from within the car.

7. A street car fender, comprising the combination with a vertically andhorizontally disposed fender frame connected to enable the horizontalframe to fold up against the vertical frame. the connection having astop-joint to limit movement beyond aright angle, means connecting theupper part of the vertical portion of the fender frame to the car andlimiting its movement toward the track, means for supporting the fenderframe clear of the track, said means comprising a rocking shaft mountedin bearings secured to the car body, a lever integral with or secured toeach end of this rocking shaft, a link connecting the free end of eachlever to the upper part of the fender frame, means for limiting themovement of this link connection forward beyond a straight line betweenthe rocking shaft and the connection of the links to the frame of thefender, means connected to a rail in advance of the front rail of thefender for breaking the supporting linkconnection backward, and meansconnected to a lever on the rocking shaft for breaking the connectionfrom within the car.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

ROBERT H. POGUE.

Witnesses ROWLAND BRITTAIN, MAY WHYTE.

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